Club Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMcIntosh: League restructuring doomed to fail
WELSH rugby’s new toptier league structure will ‘fall flat on its face’ says a leading coach. The 2018/19 campaign will see...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoLucs hammer Sheffield to stay alive
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians…76 Sheffield…12 LUCTONIANS gave themselves a lifeline and a mathematical chance of avoiding relegation with a 12-try demolition...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBilly’s back to help Sarries secure home semi-final
By NEALE HARVEY Target: Michael Rhodes ENGLAND No.8 Billy Vunipola returns for Saracens as back rower Michael Rhodes aims to throw...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoRecord crowd sees Cov consign Hull to the drop
By JOHN WILKINSON Coventry …38 Hull Ionians …21 CHAMPIONS Coventry wrapped up their season on a winning note in front of...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoSlow start lets Slowik set pace for Jersey
By GUY WILLIAMS Tense: Thomas James beats Kieran Hardy to score IN AN extraordinary end of season game at Castle Park,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agowin will make Felinfoel champs
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BAYFORD FELINFOEL are just a win away from clinching the One West title after a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFive-star Sale maul Lions to claim title
By ROSS BARNETT Leicester L…5pts Sale……37pts SALE secured the National League Two North title with a bonus-point win away to Leicester...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRelentless Falcons end Tigers’ run
By COLIN NEWBOULT THE Tigers’ incredible 14-year run of qualifying for the play-offs is effectively over – yet it almost seems...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoStudents survive despite defeat to Mowden
By OSCAR MORTIMER L’boro St …17 Darlington MP24 THEY may have lost but a losing bonus point was still enough for...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoWilliams bolts from the blocks but Carnegie hit back
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL MATT WILLIAMS scored one of the fastest tries in rugby history but it was Yorkshire Carnegie who ended...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLegends quit Toulon but future is so bright
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Not so happy ending: Wonder wing Bryan Habana is leaving Toulon with a sense of grievance PICTURE:...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoCollins and Harrison help
By LEE SIMS Sedgley P…80 Sheffield T…19 SEDGLEY Park head into their promotion play-off in fine form after racking up 80...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoThompson wary of the Horne factor
WASPS flanker Guy Thompson knows his side’s Premiership title hopes could go up in smoke if they fail to defeat fired-up...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoEsher sparkle to whitewash OEs
By JON EDWARDS Old Elthamians0 Esher …30 ESHER ended the season in some style with a fourtry victory and performance every...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoMerciless Bristol give Premiership performance
By EMMA SMITH PROMOTED Bristol enjoyed a champagne send-off as they hit back from 17-7 down to romp to a 61-24...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoSedgley run riot
Bubbling: Sale celebrate winning the title PICTURES: Ian Palfreyman Looking for gaps: Sam Stelmaszek tries to break through There was no...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoO’Connor frustrated by late try
LEICESTER coach Matt O’Connor was frustrated with a couple of decisions, including the winning try, against them, but admitted they were...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoIll-discipline costs Club on travels
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A…29 Blackheath …5 PLYMOUTH Albion kept up their pursuit of a third-place finish in National One as...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoNottingham run riot to secure first half bonus
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Nottingham …41 Bedford …21 NOTTINGHAM secured a big bonus point win over Bedford at The Bay on Tuesday...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoFive-try Stour too good for Otley
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge…31 Otley………5 STOURBRIDGE shrugged off their ill-discipline to record a comfortable victory over mid-table Otley. The hosts started...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBath run hot as Glos play like a shower
By NICK CAIN Making them pay: Aled Brew scores Bath’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images WHILE Bath saved their best display...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCoventry are set to sparkle now says Nilsen
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA TOP-CLASS facilities and a host of impressive new signings will ensure Coventry thrive in next season’s...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoNotts give Costello the perfect send off
By ROB WILDMAN NOTTINGHAM capped their campaign by winning a second game in four days at Lady Bay. After the 41-21...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoDale edge closer to safety with win
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale…30 Macclesfield…21 WHARFEDALE crept closer to safety as they downed Macclesfield at the Avenue. The result keeps Wharfedale...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBath still hoping for place in Europe
TODD Blackadder said Bath still have “a glimmer of hope” to secure European Cup qualification for next season. With speculation rife...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoMagnificent 7 for resurgent Pirates
On fire: Chris Morgan of Cornish Pirates surges for the try-line PICTURE: JackDawe Photography By RHOD MITCHELL IT WAS a magnificent...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClapp: We’ve learnt from Quins defeat
FINAL By GEORGE LAWRENCE PREVIEW… Saracens v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Trailfinders Sports Club Bragging rights: Jess Breach’s Harlequins beat Saracens...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
EHREN PAINTER NORTHAMPTON TIGHT-HEAD PROP Ehren Painter’s first two Premiership matches for Northampton could hardly have been more contrasting. Making his...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPacked-out Sandy Park hails Chiefs’ table-toppers
By MIKE SINCLAIR ANOTHER bonuspoint win ensured Exeter will top the Premiership table as they head into a home playoff semi-final....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoFans bring the glory days back to Pooler
Saying thanks: Ben Jeffreys takes the trophy to see Pooler volunteer Pat Sheppherd During the half-century since his Pontypool debut as...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBedwas’ late blitz for victory
Bedwas … 34 Bargoed … 19 FOUR second-half tries helped Bedwas ease past Bargoed at the Bridge Field and make it...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBarnstaple down despite success
By DAVE REED Barnstaple……17 Wimbledon…14 BARNSTAPLE won this battle at the bottom but they and Wimbledon were relegated from National 2...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDiamond: I can build team round MacGinty
USA fly-half AJ MacGinty was hailed by Sale boss Steve Diamond. “He’s come of age and you can build a side...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoAndy’s right, we don’t know what’s going on!
THERE are still eight months to go but the prize for the most ironic quote of the sporting year looks as...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWizards’ magical first 40 sees them beyond Ebbw Vale
By JAY BAYFORD Ebbw Vale… 26 Aberavon… 30 ABERAVON held off a brave second-half comeback from Ebbw Vale to claim a...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoRice is boiling hot with fine brace
By CALLUM BURNS Broadstreet…21 Taunton T……26 BROADSTREET came close to a shock victory to sign off their time in National 2...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLock O’Rourke snatches late win for the Ravens
Llanelli … 22 Bridgend … 25 By JON DALY SECOND row Shaun O’Rourke’s try two minutes from time earned Bridgend only...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoChinnor demolish Clifton in very fine display
By KEN VAUGHN Chinnor…52 Clifton……14 SOUND second-half performance by Chinnor will give them confidence ahead of facing Sedgley Park in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMaynard holds nerve to move Drovers up to fifth place
Llandovery … 28 RGC1404… 26 By HUW S THOMAS A LAST-GASP penalty from fly-half Jack Maynard secured a win that sees...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoIslanders create history in play-offs
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT London v SW Guernsey……38 Bournemouth 23 GUERNSEY take a place in National Two South for the first time...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoReds save the best till last to beat drop
By BEN RODEN Old Redcliffians…34pts Redruth………12pts Touchdown: Old Redcliffians crash over Held: Redruth wing Lewis Vinnicombe is stopped PICTURES: John White...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSieniawski spoils Quins party with last-gasp try
By JAY BAYFORD Pontypridd … 24 Carmarthen Q20 MORGAN Sieniawski dented Carmarthen Quins’ title hopes as his late try secured a...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoLions promoted after Hull triumph
By PAUL JONES North v Midlands Hull………22 Peterborough 31 PETERBOROUGH deservedly took the honours and promotion following an away win at...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoWorthy champions toast title with victory
By DANIEL BOULTON Cinderford …34 Canterbury …12 CHAMPIONS Cinderford celebrated their successful season with a comfortable win over Canterbury to conclude...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDonncha signs off on a day of future promise
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SIXWAYS was en fete yesterday with the Warriors banishing any mathematical threats of relegation with a vibrant performance...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBOWL FINAL PREVIEW: Pembroke v Porthcawl
PEMBROKE captain Scott Powell will be immensely proud to lead his team out at the Principality Stadium this afternoon after a...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoSorry, but this Shields talk just smacks of desperation
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Pinning his colours: Brad Shields was part of the New Zealand U20...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoCooke saves the Geese from drop
By WARREN MUGGLETON London IWG…19 Worthing……26 JACK Cooke’s late try secured Geese’s league survival despite losing to a resurgent Worthing at...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoIt’s time to play with my kids now
DONNCHA O’Callaghan spoke emotionally at the end of the match about his retirement. “It hasn’t sunk that it’s the end for...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMoseley sunk by five-star Ampthill on road
By WARREN KAY Ampthill …36 Birmingham Moseley ...5 AMPTHILL reiterated their league status over Birmingham Moseley at Dillingham Park as they...
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